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listening to the mclusky album that just came out: I am going to throw a brick at a car
listening to the kara-lis coverdale album that just came out: I am going to hand feed a deer in a glade
listening to the kara-lis coverdale album that just came out: I am going to hand feed a deer in a glade
May 10, 2025 at 6:44 AM
listening to the mclusky album that just came out: I am going to throw a brick at a car
listening to the kara-lis coverdale album that just came out: I am going to hand feed a deer in a glade
listening to the kara-lis coverdale album that just came out: I am going to hand feed a deer in a glade
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it's hard to find a motivation for DOGE other than 'hatred of the good.' these are bad people fundamentally envious or un-understanding of the idea that you might work or give for others, and attempting to punish it.
NEW: i spoke with several young AmeriCorps volunteers around the country who were abruptly pulled off projects building homes, readying forests for wildfire season, and working at food banks Tuesday afternoon. they are now on their way home thanks to DOGE cuts —
DOGE Cuts Pull AmeriCorps Volunteers Off of Disaster Relief Jobs
The youth volunteers who were working on projects ranging from rebuilding homes destroyed in storms to distributing supplies for hurricane recovery were suddenly pulled from service. Why? DOGE cuts.
www.wired.com
April 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
it's hard to find a motivation for DOGE other than 'hatred of the good.' these are bad people fundamentally envious or un-understanding of the idea that you might work or give for others, and attempting to punish it.
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Elon Musk has been a walking SEC violation for a decade and no one cared. The entire Trump era could have been avoided if the US took white collar crime anywhere near as seriously as it does low level drug crime.
On a 2023 earnings call, Elon Musk boasted that Tesla had bagged “over 1 million” Cybertruck reservations and that “demand is off the charts.”
So why has the company still sold less than 50,000 trucks since customer deliveries began 14 months ago?
So why has the company still sold less than 50,000 trucks since customer deliveries began 14 months ago?
‘Over 1 Million’ People Wanted a Cybertruck. Where Are They?
“Demand is off the charts!” Elon Musk crowed at the end of 2023, citing more than a million reservations for Tesla's polarizing polygonic pickup—so why has it still sold less than 50,000?
wrd.cm
March 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Elon Musk has been a walking SEC violation for a decade and no one cared. The entire Trump era could have been avoided if the US took white collar crime anywhere near as seriously as it does low level drug crime.
Who up widening they gyre
March 14, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Who up widening they gyre
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Running thread of people trying to normalize the sieg heil. It's not an "Elon gesture", it's not autism, it's not your heart going out, it's not parody or trolling. It's fucking despicable. Don't ever let this shit become normal. Fuck any excuse given, there is none. Zero tolerance.
1. Elon Musk
1. Elon Musk
February 22, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Running thread of people trying to normalize the sieg heil. It's not an "Elon gesture", it's not autism, it's not your heart going out, it's not parody or trolling. It's fucking despicable. Don't ever let this shit become normal. Fuck any excuse given, there is none. Zero tolerance.
1. Elon Musk
1. Elon Musk
I wouldn’t get my thrill on blueberry hill because I’m not an easily excited loser
February 10, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I wouldn’t get my thrill on blueberry hill because I’m not an easily excited loser
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Bitcoin
-rancid user base
-mainly useful for buying drugs 12 years ago
-horrible use of energy
-mostly just securities fraud dressed up
BitTorrent
-cool user base
-incredibly useful
-runs on the charity of strangers
-a reliable place to get DBZ with “the good audio”
-rancid user base
-mainly useful for buying drugs 12 years ago
-horrible use of energy
-mostly just securities fraud dressed up
BitTorrent
-cool user base
-incredibly useful
-runs on the charity of strangers
-a reliable place to get DBZ with “the good audio”
February 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Bitcoin
-rancid user base
-mainly useful for buying drugs 12 years ago
-horrible use of energy
-mostly just securities fraud dressed up
BitTorrent
-cool user base
-incredibly useful
-runs on the charity of strangers
-a reliable place to get DBZ with “the good audio”
-rancid user base
-mainly useful for buying drugs 12 years ago
-horrible use of energy
-mostly just securities fraud dressed up
BitTorrent
-cool user base
-incredibly useful
-runs on the charity of strangers
-a reliable place to get DBZ with “the good audio”
If I went there but for the grace of god I would be fine
February 6, 2025 at 6:37 AM
If I went there but for the grace of god I would be fine
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The level of racism required to liken the first fleet to the first missions going to Mars - a plant with no life whatsoever- is off the charts
January 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The level of racism required to liken the first fleet to the first missions going to Mars - a plant with no life whatsoever- is off the charts
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An EXTREMELY common rich person belief is "publishing a negative story about me is illegal." The law says they are wrong but considering the state of things right now don't be surprised if that starts to change.
A former tech CEO is on a crusade to get the record of his arrest removed from the internet — suing a journalist for $25 million for truthfully reporting that the domestic violence arrest had occurred. sf.gazetteer.co/a-former-tec...
A former tech CEO is on a crusade to get the record of his arrest removed from the internet - Gazetteer SF
Former Premise Data CEO Maury Blackman is suing a journalist who publicized his domestic violence arrest for $25 million
sf.gazetteer.co
January 23, 2025 at 11:47 PM
An EXTREMELY common rich person belief is "publishing a negative story about me is illegal." The law says they are wrong but considering the state of things right now don't be surprised if that starts to change.
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Anti-semitism will not be tolerated in any form. Except for the most famous form of all time. That one is probably a coincidence
January 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Anti-semitism will not be tolerated in any form. Except for the most famous form of all time. That one is probably a coincidence
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Newsletter: Mark Zuckerberg's MAGA pivot is really just the continuation of years of rotting out the core products of Instagram and Facebook - and begins an era of unrestrained, unrepentant growth where tech will proudly make their products even worse.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-slop-society/
www.wheresyoured.at/the-slop-society/
The Slop Society
In the last week we've seen the emergence of the true Meta — and the true Mark Zuckerberg — as the company ended its fact-checking program, claiming that (and I quote) "fact checkers have been too pol...
www.wheresyoured.at
January 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Newsletter: Mark Zuckerberg's MAGA pivot is really just the continuation of years of rotting out the core products of Instagram and Facebook - and begins an era of unrestrained, unrepentant growth where tech will proudly make their products even worse.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-slop-society/
www.wheresyoured.at/the-slop-society/
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top notch thread, non-anthro here who always enjoys tim's writing
Hello, so, I'm an anthropologist who has studied wildfires for over a decade and, just recently, handed in a book manuscript for peer review on the pathologies of wildfire management in Australia and, to a lesser extent, Canada and the US. It's called "How to Control Fire" (TBC).
January 12, 2025 at 4:43 AM
top notch thread, non-anthro here who always enjoys tim's writing
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Getting ahead of the AI pronoun discourse to firmly stand on the side of "it". It is not a he or a she or they. It is not only un-human but inhuman, anti-human. Do not honor it with personhood
January 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Getting ahead of the AI pronoun discourse to firmly stand on the side of "it". It is not a he or a she or they. It is not only un-human but inhuman, anti-human. Do not honor it with personhood
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Reminder that we didn't win the similar long fight over seatbelt usage by gently persuading skeptical anti seatbelt people with empathetic outreach, or by having cops write tickets, but by having manufacturers make cars do a little annoying beep if you didn't wear it.
I don’t think his confirmation is inevitable but it’s not just about RFK because he represents a lot of people - MAHA isn’t going away if he’s rejected. If maximizing vaccine uptake is the ultimate goal (as it should be), is the best strategy to browbeat or build bridges? bsky.app/profile/dave...
And why are we starting with the assumption of his confirmation being inevitable?
January 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Reminder that we didn't win the similar long fight over seatbelt usage by gently persuading skeptical anti seatbelt people with empathetic outreach, or by having cops write tickets, but by having manufacturers make cars do a little annoying beep if you didn't wear it.
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Everyone’s talking about how the AI bots made by Meta are bad, but just a reminder you can make your own Meta AI chatbot right inside Messenger and there’s definitely no problems there
January 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Everyone’s talking about how the AI bots made by Meta are bad, but just a reminder you can make your own Meta AI chatbot right inside Messenger and there’s definitely no problems there
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my favourite christmas song is Babylon Sisters by Steely Dan
November 19, 2024 at 12:36 AM
my favourite christmas song is Babylon Sisters by Steely Dan
It’s time. If you know someone high up in tech or know someone who knows someone in Tech it’s time
Newsletter: Our digital lives are unregulated growth-hacked ecological disasters. The modern tech ecosystem's growth-at-all-costs mindset is actively harming billions of people, pushing them toward authoritarianism for profit. We must fight back.
www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/
www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/
Never Forgive Them
In the last year, I’ve spent about 200,000 words on a kind of personal journey where I’ve tried again and again to work out why everything digital feels so broken, and why it seems to keep getting wor...
www.wheresyoured.at
December 18, 2024 at 1:37 PM
It’s time. If you know someone high up in tech or know someone who knows someone in Tech it’s time
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It really is messed up how bad the computer is now
Ok I know nobody cares about this but me, but GOD I care:
1. I have just downloaded your app.
2. You want me to make an account. I don’t want to make an account!
3. When I enter my email, you inform me that I already have an account! This seems like a good thing, but I know it means only pain. 1/2
1. I have just downloaded your app.
2. You want me to make an account. I don’t want to make an account!
3. When I enter my email, you inform me that I already have an account! This seems like a good thing, but I know it means only pain. 1/2
December 14, 2024 at 7:56 AM
It really is messed up how bad the computer is now
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My view is that extrajudicial vigilante killings are not good, but the incuriosity of well-compensated columnists about why millions of people’s horrific, life-changing experiences with a sprawling, cruel, bankruptcy-inducing health care system might lead them to feel differently makes me really sad
December 12, 2024 at 2:57 AM
My view is that extrajudicial vigilante killings are not good, but the incuriosity of well-compensated columnists about why millions of people’s horrific, life-changing experiences with a sprawling, cruel, bankruptcy-inducing health care system might lead them to feel differently makes me really sad
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if i saw right said fred performing I’m Too Sexy in public while doing his little strut i would get insanely pissed off
August 15, 2024 at 4:10 PM
if i saw right said fred performing I’m Too Sexy in public while doing his little strut i would get insanely pissed off
I am “guytanium” - sia/joan_unweek
November 18, 2024 at 8:44 AM
I am “guytanium” - sia/joan_unweek
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yeah i mustn’t be in a left echo chamber. what if the 90000th conservative thing ive heard in my life is the first one i agree with. then i’ll feel real stupid
November 18, 2024 at 6:50 AM
yeah i mustn’t be in a left echo chamber. what if the 90000th conservative thing ive heard in my life is the first one i agree with. then i’ll feel real stupid
Gamer Lou Reed: “I’m…waiting for the LAN”
October 24, 2024 at 2:11 AM
Gamer Lou Reed: “I’m…waiting for the LAN”